Reply To: Booking LATAM (Brazil) with Avios

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krautboy wrote:

We successfully booked LATAM flights using Avios points.

Here is what we did:

1. First confirm availability of Reward flights of Latam with Delta (option also available to book with AMEX MR points).
2. Call the BA Exec Club and you need to speak to an experienced agent, not all know that you can now use Avios for Latam again.
3. Let them know exactly the flights that you want, and they should book it for you using Avios points.

Just some side notes: When using Delta, you get drop off luggage of 23 kgs included. With BA, you dont get that included and we had to call again for us to get the LATAM booking reference so we can see our reservation on the Latam web page.

Delta seems to charge a flat fee of 10k MR points. Avios varies depending on length of flight and connections. Can be between 8k – 17k Avios from what we saw.

Hope this helps someone.

BA site seems to allow booking on LATAM now. I just booked GRU to MIA which states it allows 1 checked bag free. I was also looking at GRU to FLN domestic within Brazil and its at 6K miles and also states 1 checked bag. Can you confirm that LATAM does show no checked luggage included for Brazil Domestic booking via BA Avios?

Also, anyone know if you can select your seats now on LATAM once you get the LATAM confirmation/order details?